Dish to Shut Down Slingbox (in Nov 2022)

This sucks....I hope someone comes out with another box?....Vucanos were better than Slings...I pay for sports, and enjoy streaming when Im away

 

Note that this does not effect the Sling equipped Hopper and Hopper w/Sling using DishAnywhere, only the standalone boxes.

 

They already disabled the Sling Adapter on my 722K. That used to work really well when I first got it and as time went on it got worse. I remember being on a train and watching DVR content on my phone using 3G without interruptions, except when we went through a tunnel. It adjusted the picture quality really well depending on my signal.

 

The Sling adapter was built on Flash hardware and Flash has been abandoned due to security flaws that were not fixable.

 

I've been searching for a Slingbox replacement, but it seems that everything out there is now obsolete. I've come up with a work around, but it's a bit expensive and more involved. I purchased a Thor HDMI to ATSC modulator and an Amazon Recast. The modulator converts the HDMI signal from my Directv receiver to ATSC and I connect the ATSC coax coming from the modulator to a splitter from my antenna that feeds the Recast box. The Recast box only receives OTA/ATSC signals. So basically the output from my Directv becomes another OTA signal to my Recast. I use my Recast to view it when I'm out of home. To change channels on the Directv I use their app on my iPad. You've got to play with the Recast a bit because they seem to have a database of channels and will only tune in ones that are in the area so they can display two weeks of guide data. You'll have to set the modulator to output a channel that's in your area that you don't get on your antenna. Plus you might need to weaken the signal from the modulator with an attenuator so it doesn't interfere with the other OTA signals. Having this setup I can view my Directv on any TV in my home that is connected to my roof antenna. Plus now I can just use a Firestick and watch my Directv and OTA channels through the Recast box via WiFi. When I'm out of home I simply use the FireTV app on my iPad or Android tablet. Bring your Firestick along and watch it on the big screen............

** Please note I tried the lower priced Multicom modulator, but for some reason the Recast box would not tune in the ATSC signal.

Good luck and enjoy!!!

 

May have to fall back to the inferior product - DishAnywhere built in to the H3 and HWS. It's a shame because the SlingBox interface is so much better than the DA interface and it is faster too. They should have ported the SlingBox interface to DA.

Perhaps if the Hoppers are to weak to run the SlingBox interface, they could build another USB plug in like the one for Hopper 2000's to boost the interface to handle the SlingBox interface.

ARE YOU LISTENING CHARLIE!!

 

I see Channel Master has an HDMI to ATSC modulator for $299.

Personally I have a piece of software that allows me to screen capture almost anything that I can display on my computer, may have to figure out how to adapt that.

 

regardless HDCP ?!

 

Screen scraping has always been a problem for DRM. Some apps look for the presence of popular screen scrapers.

The problem with screen scraping is that it doesn't always do well with audio.

 

screen grabbers ? but the 'scraping' could end up with damaged eg scratched screens

 

Go on eBay and look at Zee Vee Qam modulators.

I have gotten a few dozen anywhere from $99 for a single channel to around $300 for a 4 channel.


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Go on eBay and look at Zee vee. I have gotten used 1 channel modulators for $99


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That actually worked nice.

I had it connected to my fiber connection at work and it was streaming around 10 mb.

Picture quality was good.

Only thing I miss after getting rid of Dish


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